Marking-tool holder.



G. W. KOUNTZ.

MARKING TOOL HOLDER. APPLICATION PILE 1320.29, 1911.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. KOUNTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Marking-Tool Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an apparatus designed for use in decorating glassware and pottery, and it consists in a novel and impro-ved holder for a pencil or other marking tool.

It is the object o-f the invention to provide a device of the kind stated which is simple in construction, and capab-le of adjustment to adapt it for various uses, and which eX pedites the work and also renders possible more accurate results.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the table. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the table. Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the pencil holders. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail on the line (5M-tof Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is an elevation showing another form of pencil holder. Fig. 8 is a plan view 0f the inner end of the work holder. Fig. 9 is an elevation of a gage.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 10 denotes a table on which the apparatus is mounted. A bench or any other suitable support may be substituted for the table. The table has a drawer 11 for holding the brushes, pencils, crayons, etc., and on one sid-e is provided with a rack 12 which is designed to hold a piece of cloth for wiping the brushes. The table is constructed of cast iron, and to the top thereof is fastened a metal plate 13, which may be of steel, copper, or brass, and is perfectly smooth and true. 'Ihe work is p-laced on this` plate and as the latter is not subject to warping and wear, the operator is enabled to turn out a perfect piece of work.. The table is light, and can be easily picked up and placed wherever the operator may desire.

In the center of the top plate 13 is a step bearing to support the spindle 14 of turn table 15, which is employed for certain kinds of work. On the turn table is mount- Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 29, 1911.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

Serial No. 668,460.

ed a disk 16 having at its center a depending stem 17 which fits in a central opening in the upper end of the spindle. 'Ihe face of the disk has concentric circular grooves 18 to center different sized work and hold the same true while being operated on.

At the rear end of the table is arranged a vertical standard 19 which carries the tool holders and other devices to be presently described. The standard is carried by a horizontal bar 20 mounted in guides 21 on the under side of the table top, and held in adjusted position by a screw bolt 22. The bar is adjustable in the direction of its length so as to position the standard at different distances from the center of the turn table, according to the diameter of the work.

On the standard 19 are mounted two holders for the pencils or other marking devices or tools. The lower one is constructed and arranged as follows: A block 23 is slidably mounted on the standard and is held in adjusted position thereon by a thumb screw 24. This block carries a pair of laterally spaced segmental plates 25 between which is pivotally mounted to swing in a vertical plane, as indicated at 26 Fig. 4, an arm 27. The plates have arcuate slots through which passes a bolt 28 carried by the arm and provided with a wing nut 29 for locking the arm in adjusted position. The outer end of the arm carries a block 30 having an opening 31 to receive the pencil or other marking device 32, said opening coinciding with the top of the arm. The arm is flat on top and the pencil is supported thereon and passes through the opening in the block 30. The means for clamping the pencil to the arm comprise a plate 33 fitting on top of the pencil and passing into the opening 31, in which latter said plate is engaged by a. thumb screw 34 threaded through the topof the block so as to extend into the opening 31. By means of this thumb screw the plate 33 can be tightly clamped down on the pencil to rrnly hold the same on the arm 27. The rear end of the plate 33 has depending ears 85 on its sides, which ears straddle'the pencil, and the arm, and thus. prevent lateral play of the pencil. This is also prevented by the opening 31, as the pencil fits snugly between the side walls thereof. The ears have slots 35a into which extend the ends of a transverse pin 36 carried by and projecting from the sides of the arm.

The pencil holder herein described is not only adjustable bodily by sliding it up or down on the standard 19, but it can also be swung in a vertical plane by reason of the pivotal connection 26, in view ot which the pencil can be readily positioned with respect to the work, and also placed at differentangles thereto.

The other pencil holder is indicated at 37. This holder is constructed in the same manner as the first-described holder'. It is, how'- ever, not mounted directly on the standard 19. A block 38, corresponding` to the block 23, is adjustably mounted on an upright standard, the latter being the upturned end 39 of a horizontal arm 40, which is pivotally connected to swing in a horizontal plane, to a horizontal arm 41 carried by a block 42 adjustably mounted on the standard 19 and locked thereon in adjusted position by a thumb screw 43. The outer end of the arm 41, to which the arm is pivoted, has vertically spaced ears 44 between which the end of the latter arm extends, and by means of a pin 45 passino' through said parts the pivotal connectionietween the arms is had. A wing nut 46 screwed on the pin locks the arm 40 in adjusted position. rlhe block 42 has a recess at one ot its ends and carries at said end a vertical and rotatable pin 47 Fig. 6 having a transverse opening through which the arm 41 passes. inasmuch as the pin 47 is rotatable, it will be evident that the arm 41 and the parts carried thereby may be swung in a horizontal plane. The arm is locked in adjusted position by a wing nut 48 which screws on the pin. The arm 40 is adjustable independent of the arm 41 by reason of its pivotal connection therewith, and the pencil holder is adjustable vertically by sliding the block 38 up and down on the'upturned end 39 of the arm 40. The pencil holder may also be swung in a vertical plane by reason of the pivotal connection of the arm which carries the pencil. It will therefore be evident that the holder has a wide range ot' adjustment and the pencil can be vreadily placed at any angle and in proper position with respect to the work. The holder can also be swung out of the way, ii it is not to be used, by swinging the arms 40 or 41 in a direction to carry the pencil away from the work. It may be here stated that one or both pencils may be employed, and if only one is to be used, the other one will be swung out of the way.

Fig. 7 shows still another pencil holder which is also constructed similar to the two holders herein described, and is carried by the upturned end 49 of an arm 50 which is pivotally connected to a shank 51 adapted to be mounted in either one of the tw'o firstdescribed holders in place of the pencils carried thereby. The arm is locked in adjusted position by a nut 52 screwed on a bolt 53 which pivotally connects t-he arms. The standard 19 lalso carries a work-holding clamp which is constructed and arranged as follows: A block 54 is adjustably mounted Figs. 1 and 8 between which extends, and is held in adjusted position by a thumb screw 55. The block carries a pair of spaced,hori zontally positioned, segmental plates 56 Figs. 1 and 8 between which extends, and is pivotally mounted, as indicated at 57, the inner end of an arm 58. The arm is held in adjusted position by a wing nut 59 which is screwed on a bolt 60 carried by the arm and passing through arcuate slots 61 in the plates 56. The outer end of the arm 58 has a bearing 62 in which is vslidably mounted a vertical stem 63 carrying a disk 64 at its lower end. Above the bearing 62 the stern carries a fixed collar 65, and below the bearing a spring 66 is coiled around the stem, said spring being located between the disk and a washer 67 abutting against the bearing. The spring serves to press the disk against the work, and its downward movement is limited by the collar 65. The bottom of the disk has concentric circular grooves 68, for the same purpose as the grooves 18.

Fig. 9 shows a gage which is designed for getting heights or for testing ware that is being ground. The gage comprises a diskY 69 having a stem 70 by means of which it may be mounted on the arm 58 after removing the work-clamping disk 64 therefrom.

The table is also provided with a bracket 71,

in which is supported a hand-rest 72 which is employed in etching operations, and which, when not in use, may be swung` out of the way. i s

The device herein described is especially designed for use in decorating glass-ware, pottery and the like, and it eXpedites the work and makes it easier and more accurate. The grooved disks 16 and 64 accurately center the piece to be decorated and hold the same steady, and the disk 64 can be readily adjusted to accommodate pieces of different heights. Both pencils may be used at the same time, thus giving two lines, and enabling a piece to be lined on the inside and outside simultaneously. The device is simple in construction, and the several adjustments can be easily and quickly made, and by reason of its wide range of adjustments, the device elfectually serves the purpose for which it is designed.

A tool holder comprising a support, an arm pivoted to the support, a blockcarried by the outer end of the arm and having an opening coinciding With the top of the a clamping member carried by the block arm, a plate arranged above the arm, beand adapted to engage the plate. 10 tween which plate and the arm the tool is In testimony whereof I affix my signareceived, and said plate extending into the ture in presence of tWo Witnesses.

aforesaid opening, depending ears 0n the GEORGE W. KOUNTZ. plate, said ears having slots and straddling Witnesses:

the arm, a transverse pin carried by the arm` MATTHEW OTT,

and extending at its ends into said slots, and HARRY BINDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

